The Rise of Iceland

New England is a colony established by the British on the east coast of North America. The Virginia Company of London was established in 1606 and then colonized in Virginia on the south of the east coast. However, this earliest colony has been developing tepidly and even faced extinction many times. risks of.

Later, after the "Mayflower" arrived in North America in 1620, the Puritans and the Plymouth Company jointly established the Plymouth colony in the north, allowing this land named New England in 1614 to truly encompass the territory of the United Kingdom, which also marked The rising period of British colonialism in North America began.

From 1620 to 1628, almost every year, the Plymouth Company and its cooperative Crick Company would trick a large number of white slaves into New England to build colonies in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Due to the harsh environment and the aboriginal people they encountered were too fierce. In addition, the colonial companies in New England did not treat the white slaves as human beings and forced them to squeeze. As a result, New England had immigrated to nearly 6,000 people for many years, but as of the winter of 1628, only more than 2,000 people survived.

　　 After several years of development, the Plymouth colony has built churches, council halls, and hundreds of houses. Outside the colony are low walls and fences, and beyond is the vast land that has been cultivated.

Since New England is controlled by the Puritans, it did not accept the intention of sending a governor from the English company. Instead, it set up a parliament to manage the colony and was coordinated and managed by the Puritan leader, Reverend Brest. Of course, it also sent a governor to the Plymouth Company. A governor, William Bradford, was appointed to manage the trade.

Brest escaped to the New World because his religious claims failed to get the attention and promotion. The Puritans were also a part of Protestantism, but they opposed ****, opposed to the "royal power" advocated by King James I of England, "except for God." The political proposition of "the king is the most noble" and opposing the British king's ambition and domineering behavior of church land, it can be said that the Puritans have gone against the British King James I.

　　 However, the attitude and skill of the King of England were very tough, which made the traditional aristocrats, Catholics, and Puritans of Ireland, Scotland and even the England team disgusted. This also paved the way for James I’s son Charles I to go to the guillotine decades later.

Brest was a Puritan priest. He led the Puritans to manage the immigration of Plymouth and tried to preach to the native savages, but at first their arrogant preaching attitude suffered a lot, and has been supplemented by a large number of white slaves in the UK in recent years. Only then did they have strong power, quickly expanded the colony, and began to enslaved the natives.

　　 The power of New England has grown, and the leaders of the Puritans such as Bristol are eyeing the neighbor of New France in the north.

The European continent is now undergoing a thirty-year war that is sweeping the world. The Puritans do not care about France but also stand on the side of the Protestant Union. They have no good impressions of Catholic France, because the Native Americans are all nonbelievers, and the French occupied North America. They have mastered the right of belief of the indigenous people in New France.

The Puritans such as Brest wanted to become saints like Sao Paulo. Although they were Protestant believers, they did not prevent them from working hard for the introduction of Christianity into the New World. They also wanted to make the natives of the New World believe in the Protestantism of the Clean School. They are all the founders of the mountain.

Brest began to vigorously target New France this year, but in the early winter, he was shocked by the news that the Icelanders unified Vinland Island and surrendered all the indigenous people on the island, and what is even more shocking is that The Icelandic army defeated the soldiers of New France.

Brest has never considered the Icelanders of Vinland. First of all, the Icelanders also converted to Protestant Lutheranism, which is considered to be a different ancestry from New England. They are closer than New France, and the Icelanders behave. He has always been good, and he is very honest, which makes New England always treat Wenlan as a little brother.

But now the little brother suddenly became the big brother, a strong man who pressed France to the ground violently. Brest was a little unacceptable for a while, so he asked the crew of the creek company to collect information about the Vinland Icelanders as soon as possible. Information, ten days later, after reading a large stack of materials, he rubbed his sour eyes and called more than forty congressmen, and then held a special meeting on Vinland and New France.

At the meeting, Brest first informed the situation of the battle of Wenlan, and then explained that the city of Wenlanhrut has thousands of soldiers and thousands of savages, muskets, plate armor, artillery, and armed warships. Information.

Looking around for the last week, everyone was very surprised and shook their heads and said: "Friends! We all ignored the Icelanders on Vinland Island. We did not expect that they came to North America in the same year as us, but they quickly grew up in front of our eyes. A powerful force, it is conceivable that the Icelandic leader Hagrid and his successor leader Hadar are both natural leaders!"

　　 "Hey! Yeah! We came to the northern continent at the same time, but over the years we have killed more than half of the white slaves, but only got less than half of the land of Icelanders..." a young pastor said with emotion.

"Huh! In order to help them order the fishermen in England not to go ashore to harass Vinland, they developed so well but did not return us? What a shame! Why not ask Governor William to threaten some Icelanders with an armed merchant ship!" A hooked nose The middle-aged man said coldly.

The young pastor sneered and said: "Mr. Miller, when we did not allow English fishermen to land in Vinland, we actually wanted to use Vinland’s Icelanders to contain New France, and at the same time draw English fishermen to us and provide us with some Fish and flesh, honesty is the most basic character of a person. We are all believers of the Lord, not hateful politicians, so Mr. Miller is asked not to deceive ourselves. Moreover, Governor William has always wanted to extend the power to the colony and rule immigrants on behalf of our parliament. Do you want to lead a wolf into the room?"

　　 "Huh! Of course I don't want our council to lose power! But Pastor McGonagall, do you think you are noble?" Miller asked with staring eyes.

　　 Miller was a member of the parliament and a Puritan, but he was very vicious to the white slaves, which made many benevolent members uncomfortable, but only the young pastor McGonagall dared to speak against him.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Brest frowned and waved his hand: "Shut up! Don't engage in unnecessary quarrels! Friends, we are now discussing how to treat Vinland’s Heru in the future. Special City and New France, do we join forces with Groot City to completely drive away the French, or continue to maintain a cold friendship with the Icelanders?"

　　 Dozens of parliamentarians started discussing, and their opinions gradually became clear after half a day, and two voices appeared on the venue.

　　 One is a hardliner headed by Miller, and one is a moderate headed by Pastor McGonagall.

The hardliners believe that there is no support from the Kingdom of Denmark behind the city of Groot, and they have just offended France. New England can suspend the persecution of New France and lure New France and Vinland into a fight and consumption, and wait until Vinland is weakened to a certain extent. To mediate, or to annex the two, or to support the Icelanders, so that New England has the dominance and initiative.

　　Miller’s opinions occupies a considerable market. More than half of the more than forty congressmen agreed with Miller’s opinions, which made him very proud and even smiled provocatively at McGonagall.

McGonagall’s opinion is that everything is based on the opinions of the Puritans. In North America, where there are indigenous people, we must unite with hard-won fellows. Icelanders believe in Lutheranism, which is essentially the same as the Puritans. Great. If the two families unite to spread the gospel to the indigenous people, maybe everyone will see Protestantism bloom and bear fruit in the wild in their lifetime, and finally realize everyone's religious pursuits and political ambitions.

If you watch the battle between New France and Vinland, perhaps as soon as the All-European War is over, New France will free up against Vinland. If Vinland is annexed and destroyed by New France a few years later, the interests of New England will be difficult to protect. Catholicism and Christianity. The battle in the New World will continue.

When the two sides were in a quarrel, Brest seemed to have a tendency. He clapped his hands to stop everyone's argument, and then said: "I think we still have to keep our original plans and propositions. If New France is expelled from the New World After we take over the bases in Quebec, we will not only be able to grasp the source of fur goods and a large amount of wealth, but also use Quebec as a bridgehead to go deep into the hinterland to spread the gospel and look for the far east Celis (China)!"

　　 "I think Pastor McGonagall is right. We must stick to our proposition. The Catholic French is not credible. We should deepen relations with the Icelanders, drive out New France together, and then divide up their colony!"

　　 After speaking, Brest realized that Miller had to persuade himself, so he added: "I know Miller's concerns. You are worried that the Icelanders will threaten us after the disappearance of New France.

But you have to know that in the European war, Denmark is about to face defeat. It is impossible for Icelanders to find Danish support, but we can seek support from England through the London company. In the long run, United Wild Dogs strangled a juvenile lion. It's a bargain, but we are also a juvenile lion!

　　 You said that when the lion grows up, will the wild dog of New France still be a threat? But if the underage northern lion grows up, we will regret it later! And you have to know that even if we jointly expelled the French, New France will definitely make a comeback in the future. At that time, Vinland at the mouth of the St. Lawrence will be our shield! "

　　 After Brest explained, Miller and others suddenly realized, and then admired the old pastor's foresight.

　　 Brest waved his hand. He knew that the temperature was about to cool down completely, so many things could only be done until next spring.

　　 After thinking for a moment, he immediately ordered McGonagall to send someone to contact the Icelanders in Herut City, and try to find a chance to meet with Hadar, the head of Vinland after the beginning of the spring.

　　 When the congressmen dispersed, Brest stopped McGonagall who was leaving, took him to sit in the corner, and asked, "Do you understand me, McGonagall?"

　　 McGonagall admired: "Teacher, you really think about the long-term, I..."

"You don't need to say." Brest interrupted McGonagall's words and coughed slightly, "I am fifty-five years old this year, and my energy and physical strength are getting worse and worse. If I can't seize the opportunity to expel New France and occupy Quebec, maybe it is impossible for me to go deep into the hinterland of the New World to preach before I die.

　　 You must remember that we are the lamb of the Lord and the faithful dog that herds the Lord. We are not ugly colonists. We only know how to seek money. We also need to establish church heritage in this vast land and become prophets! "

　　 "Yes! I understand!" McGonagall stood up and said with a solemn face~www.wuxiahere.com~ In order to drive away New France as soon as possible, I personally went to Wenlan! "

　　……

Miller returned to his home with a few cronies and drank a glass of wine, and then discussed the matter. After hearing a congressman praised Brest’s political vision, he snorted and said: "Priest They are all idealists! They only think about preaching, but they don’t know if Icelanders have ambitions for mainland land, we will only become their vassals! We will even be expelled!"

　　 "Isn't it! Brest said that the French will not be reconciled? And we can seek support from England." A member of the Parliament questioned.

"Humph!" Miller sighed and sneered. "The intervention of French and British forces is based on the victory of the All-European War Protestant League. What if it doesn't win? What if it will drag on for ten or twenty years? "

　　 "You mean..."

"If the Icelanders are caught in the quagmire of the war between Britain and France and cannot help us to expel us and annex us when we wait, do you think we have the power to fight back? I am afraid that the strong Icelanders who already have an army will not be easily satisfied. ……Hey……"

　　 "We can ask the London company to increase immigration. As long as the population of New England continues to increase, we will soon surpass Iceland..."

"Yes... I'm already applying for London to increase immigration. Brest is also unified and recognized, and Governor William is already doing it, but... I think it's time to talk to Governor William again. It's..."

　　Note: Seres: Another name for China. Before the exploration of the North American continent was completed in the seventeenth century, Europeans generally believed that India, China, and the North American continent were connected, and that the way to China could be found from North America.